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Activities that account for 90% of energy expenditure in the United States, not including sleeping1. |
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| Rank |
Activity Description |
MET |
Percent of Total Score (%) |
Cumulative Percentage (%) |
Number of people |
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| 1 |
Driving car |
2.3 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
6574 |
| 2 |
Job: Office work, typing |
1.5 |
9.2 |
20.1 |
2094 |
| 3 |
Watching TV/movie, home or theater |
1.0 |
8.6 |
28.8 |
5919 |
| 4 |
Taking care of child/baby, (feeding, bathing, dressing) |
3.0 |
8.4 |
37.2 |
6545 |
| 5 |
Activities performed while sitting quietly |
1.3 |
5.8 |
42.9 |
4086 |
| 6 |
Eating (sitting) |
1.5 |
5.3 |
48.2 |
6843 |
| 7 |
Cleaning house, general |
3.0 |
3.9 |
52.2 |
1489 |
| 8 |
Talking/ Visiting, in person or on phone |
1.5 |
3.8 |
56.0 |
2858 |
| 9 |
Job: Industrial plant/factory (e.g. assembly line) |
3.0 |
3.8 |
59.7 |
333 |
| 10 |
Food preparation (e.g. cooking, baking, setting table) |
2.0 |
2.9 |
62.7 |
3996 |
| 11 |
Job: Construction site |
5.5 |
2.8 |
65.4 |
119 |
| 12 |
Job: Light intensity, stand/walking (e.g. hospital staff, real estate) |
3.0 |
2.7 |
68.1 |
291 |
| 13 |
Yard work-general (e.g. mowing lawn, trimming hedges) |
4.3 |
2.6 |
70.7 |
559 |
| 14 |
Attending event (social) involving talking while sitting |
1.6 |
2.2 |
73.0 |
1499 |
| 15 |
Shopping for non-foods (e.g. clothing) |
2.3 |
2.1 |
75.0 |
1408 |
| 16 |
Job: Light standing (e.g. store clerk, bartender, hair stylist, lab work) |
2.0 |
1.8 |
76.8 |
289 |
| 17 |
Job: Farm hand (chores: baling hay, cleaning barn) |
8.0 |
1.5 |
78.4 |
57 |
| 18 |
Job: Restaurant staff (e.g. waiter, chef) |
3.0 |
1.5 |
79.9 |
129 |
| 19 |
Job: Teaching class |
1.8 |
1.1 |
81.0 |
195 |
| 20 |
Laundry |
2.2 |
1.1 |
82.0 |
863 |
| 21 |
Walking, moderately, (e.g. doing errands, walking to school) |
2.8 |
1.0 |
83.1 |
716 |
| 22 |
Fishing and Hunting |
3.3 |
0.9 |
84.0 |
103 |
| 23 |
Cleaning kitchen (sweeping) |
3.3 |
0.9 |
84.9 |
689 |
| 24 |
Shopping for food, putting groceries away |
2.4 |
0.9 |
85.7 |
1125 |
| 25 |
Swimming |
7.0 |
0.8 |
86.6 |
96 |
| 26 |
Job: Mechanic |
3.0 |
0.7 |
87.3 |
56 |
| 27 |
Gardening: Weeding, landscaping, picking vegetables |
3.7 |
0.6 |
87.9 |
198 |
| 28 |
Remodeling, repairing house, workshop, concrete work |
3.6 |
0.6 |
88.5 |
123 |
| 29 |
Exercise, aerobics |
6.5 |
0.6 |
89.1 |
248 |
| 30 |
Job: Driving (e.g. truck driver, bus, ambulance, tractor) |
2.7 |
0.6 |
89.7 |
88 |
| 31 |
Dancing/ Heavy Partying (all styles of dancing) |
4.0 |
0.6 |
90.2 |
122 |
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1National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS). | |||||
Dong et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2004 1:4 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-1-4 |
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